• Kamworor, Jepchirchir take world half marathon crowns

Kenyans Geoffrey Kamworor and Karoki Peres Jepchirchir took the 2016 World Half Marathon titles under the rainy and windy weather conditions on Saturday in Cardiff, Great Britain.

Kamworor managed to recover from a really bad fall to defend his world half marathon title with a time of 59:10 as his compatriot Bedan Karoki took silver. Kamworor became the third athlete in history to win 2 world half marathon title in a row.

“I was trying to get up, but people kept coming from behind, it was very difficult.” Kamworor said.

“I said to myself after the start ‘I am not going to give up’.” He added